100 Days to WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup in Viera, Florida!

The eighth edition of the flagship women’s baseball competition will be staged on US soil for the first time, at the USSSA Space Coast Complex in Viera, Florida, from 22-31 August. The site recently underwent US$ 30 million in upgrades as part of a greater redevelopment and tourism project within Brevard County.

The Women’s National Team of Japan (Madonna Japan) has held the title of World Champion since 2008, winning the last five Women’s Baseball World Cups (2008, 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2016), while host nation USA won the first two editions (2004 and 2006).

Canada has medalled in five of seven editions, while Australia has been on the podium twice. Venezuela earned the nation’s first-ever medal in a Women’s Baseball World Cup, a bronze, in 2016.

The official game schedule and broadcast details of the VIII WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup 2018 will be revealed in upcoming releases.

The last WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup (2016), which took place in Gijang, Republic of Korea, had a global broadcast reach of approximately 100 million households and registered more than 6 million online views from 198 countries and territories.